Max Seham papers
Scope and Content
The collection contains speeches, correspondence, and manuscript materials for Seham's book, Blacks and American Medical Care.
Dates
- Creation: 1950-1974
Creator
- Seham, Max, 1888-1974 (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Use of Materials
Items in this collection do not circulate and may be used in-house only.
Copyright
Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provision of the copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code). Requests to publish should be arranged with the University of Minnesota Archives.
Biographical Sketch of Max Seham (1888-1974)
Max Seham, M.D. (1910) University of Minnesota; clinical professor of pediatrics at the University of Minnesota (1938-1963); director of the children's heart clinic at the Minneapolis General Hospital (now the Hennepin County Medical Center); director of the Lymanhurst Heart Clinic; chief of staff at Abbott and Mt. Sinai hospitals in Minneapolis. Published Blacks and American Medical Care(1973).
Max Seham was born on July 1, 1888 in Kovnow, Russia. His family emigrated to the United States when he was 6 years old. Seham earned his M.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1910 and began a private practice in Minneapolis (1910-1914) before going on to further study at Cornell University (1914-1916). He then continued his studies in pediatrics at Boston Infants' and Children's Hospitals (1916). Seham returned to the University of Minnesota's Medical School in 1919 and was appointed as clinical professor of pediatrics in 1938. In addition to his appointment at the University of Minnesota, Seham was the director of the children's heart clinic at the Minneapolis General Hospital, director of the Lymanhurst Heart Clinic, and chief of staff at Abbott and Mt. Sinai hospitals. Seham retired as clinical professor emeritus in 1963. He was a charter member of the Minnesota Society for Internal Medicine and a member of the White House Conference for Child Health and Protection (1937). Max Seham died in October 1974.
Extent
1.25 Cubic Feet (1 box)
Abstract
Collection contains the papers of Dr. Max Seham, clinical professor emeritus of pediatrics at the University of Minnesota.
Source of acquisition
The collection was donated to University Archives by Donne Johnson on December 16, 1977.
Subject
- University of Minnesota. Medical School (Organization)
- Title
- Max Seham papers, 1950-1974
- Author
- Karen Spilman
- Date
- April 2005
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
Collecting Area Details
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